Think Progress
New statistics released this week by the FBI show a 17 percent increase in documented hate crimes in 2017, the third consecutive year in which hate crimes have risen across the United States.
Not only did hate crimes altogether rise last year, but the FBI pointed to notable increases in anti-Hispanic and anti-Semitic crimes. Anti-black crimes also… Read more »
Falls Church News Press |
According to a press release issued by Amazon from its Seattle headquarters today, the company has selected Arlington, Virginia and New York City as the locations for its new headquarters, saying it will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters locations, with more than 25,000 employees… Read more »
Falls Church News Press |
The front-page headline in Wednesday’s New York Times read, “‘Horseface,’ ’Lowlife,’ ‘Fat, Ugly’: How President Demeans Women.”
By referring to porn actress Stormy Daniels as “Horseface” in a tweet on Tuesday, the article began, President Trump “was adding her to a long list of women he has attacked by demeaning their looks, mocking their bodily… Read more »
Local DVM |
Saturday in Arlington, Congressman Don Beyer held his fourth annual Women's Conference; a tradition his predecessor, Jim Moran, started and hosted for 24 years.
11-year-old activist Naomi Walder was awarded the Clara Mortenson Beyer Award, in honor of Beyer's grandmother, an early suffragist.
Walder is famous for leading the March For Our… Read more »
ARL Now |
Rep. Don Beyer (D-8th District) is gearing up to hold his fourth annual “women’s conference” Saturday (Oct. 13), with speeches planned from groundbreaking female lawmakers and activists.
Beyer has titled this year’s event “Breaking Through: Women Work for Change,” and it will run from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at George Mason University’s Virginia Square campus (3351 Fairfax… Read more »
Washington Blade |
More than 100 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to reverse a new policy that requires partners of foreign mission personnel and employees of international organizations to be married in order to qualify for a diplomatic visa.
“This policy discriminates against gay and lesbian international civil… Read more »
WNYC
This weekend marked the anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a weekend marked by racist rhetoric and violence, including the murder of counter protester Heather Heyer. On Sunday, the group behind the Charlottesville rally held another rally in Washington, DC.
Democratic Congressman Don Beyer counts DC suburbs Alexandria and… Read more »
Huffpost
Politicians and activists shared tributes to Heather Heyer on Sunday, honoring the 32-year-old woman killed one year ago while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Rep. Don Beyer released the following statement today honoring LGBTQ Pride Month, which began June 1:
“Thousands gathered in the nation’s capital this past weekend to celebrate Pride Month, as we honored the triumphs LGBTQ Americans continue to make to advance freedom and equality in our country. Because of the tireless advocacy of LGBTQ leaders, we live in a more just society, and we… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer released the following statement today marking Equal Pay Day – the day when women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year, on average:
“It is profoundly wrong that women in the U.S. workforce still only earn 80 cents on average for every dollar a man makes. The pay gap is not only unfair, but it prevents us from reaching our true… Read more »
